Atlassian interviewed me just to poach ideas. I was recruited via LinkedIn and met with the recruiter who asked a lot of questions about new ideas and recommendations I had. It was much more involved than a phone screen. Next, I had a meeting scheduled with the hiring manager. Before the meeting, I asked the recruiter about the seniority level of the position, and the recruiter admitted that the hiring manager had no intention of making it a senior role and wanted someone scrappy. I had the same amount of experience as the hiring manager, so I wondered why she bothered to interview me. The hiring manager had no intention of hiring me — they just wanted my ideas. I removed myself from the applicant pool as a result. The whole process seemed very unprofessional and showed a lack of character on the part of the hiring manager.

The process from beginning to end took just under two weeks. I was contacted by a recruiter at Atlassian via LinkedIn, had the phone screening with the recruiter, next was a zoom call with the hiring manager and then a virtual onsite round to finish the process. They asked for an assessment, in the form of 2 nurture emails for the product I was interviewing for, as well as recommendations on what I would change on the product landing page to optimize and increase sign-ups and page traffic. After the assessment was submitted and the final round interview (4 back-to-back meetings for the virtual on-site). During the process, I was told I would hear back in 48hrs but never received any feedback on the assessment or the interviews, from either the recruiter or the hiring manager.